Two Big East guards led their teams to victory at the FIBA U19 World Championship in New Zealand on July 4.
Pitt guard Ashton Gibbs had 18 points and 6 assists to lead the U.S. to a 112-55 rout of Egypt. Gibbs is leading the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game.
The Americans are 3-0.
Shelvin Mack had 14 points and 4 assists, while forwards John Shurna and Howard Thompkins scored 13 points.
“We handled things well today,” said USA head coach Jamie Dixon. “We knew this was a game that we should win. What I was impressed with was the focus and determination we showed today. One of our goals was to finish the preliminary round with our group’s No. 1 seed and we achieved that today. Another goal of ours is to continue to improve throughout the tournament and over the last two games I think we have, especially defensively.”
Rutgers guard Mike Rosario dropped 28 points for the second straight game to lead Puerto Rico to an 86-49 rout of Angola.
Rosario is the second-leading scorer in the tournament through three games at 24.3 ppg.
Puerto Rico is now 2-1.
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(Photo courtesy FIBA)
